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[KatieB]

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Chillgirl;915954 wrote: could have come in handy before I quit drinking.....& avoided some bruises :H

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yes.. same here! though now my job does not really carry any safety risks.. apart from possible radiation from the computer!

[Pride before Fall]

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Hi PA guy and B Free! We're drinking from the same cup (no pun intended). PA, I ran my first sprint triathlon sunday, yet up to last Wed. drank into a stupor every night after five.

BFree, I also feel like I have a "dirty little secret" that I hide from my fiance, kids, and friends (the latter of whom have dropped away since I stopped wanting to do anything after work but stay home and drink...). I'm not ready to tell anyone I've stopped drinking because I can't stand the thought of them all watching me (like you, Bloom!); worry it'll drive me to drink.
Sarah H, I'm so sorry about the lose of your son. Every parent's worst nightmare. And your mother as well, in one year. Do you have other children? As I read somewhere here, and as you've probably realized, drinking doesn't drown sorrow because sorrow can swim. What a load of pain to be carrying around, I completely get wanting to 'douse' it, but we both know, it doesn't work.

One day at a time, one day at a time.

[Pride before Fall]

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And what's up with the "hug" after the safety workwear? At least it's spam ridiculous enough to make you laugh!

[Solitaire]

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Ok, my turn:

I am 45, live in South Africa. Married (for now) and mom to 3 great kid, 16, 14 and 11.
2 boys in puberty, and mom in menopause!!!! Makes for a good soap opera!!!

I love people, cooking for people, laughing and crying with people...
It took MWO more than a year to get through my thick drinking head! No fault with the site, I chose to live in the vodka haze, as sobriety made no sense to me: How do you socialise without drinking? How do you cook without drinking? How do you do anything without drinking? How I allowed that to become my reality is debateable albeit stupid.

I still don't know why or how I quit on the 6th of June. I think the penny just dropped? I kept my new "secret" for 48 hours, and then confessed to a dearly love member on this sit. He encouraged me to come clean and share. The support has been MIND-BLOWING", and fun! I have nothing in common with funeral undertakers, so was it not for the fun... Chat is great! Loads of bantering and joking, but the moment someone in need joins, support is there in full force.

Music is an integral part of my being. I am an avid reader. I love nature. I love life, now more so than ever! And I love my MWO friends!

Oh! If you slip up and confess, expect to get your backside kicked, but it is always done with utmost care and love!!!

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Take care now! And thank you for this great thread, K!!! xx

[paguy]

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Ok, PBF, let's channel the same energy and focus we used to train for our sporting events to our quest to be AF. Day 7 for me. Am feeling OK but know there will be some longs days ahead.

[rebirth]

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Just bumping this up because it's good for newbies..

[Blooming Rose]

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I'm up to day 5 AF and going ok except by the end of most days I've been soooo down, thinking the world would be better off without me (though not seriously considering topping myself). Mood swings to some extent as well. I only ever drank in the evenings, and not heavily every time, so am surprised by this impact. I read online somewhere that what we miss when we give AL up is the 'reward' feelings, so I guess feeling down is predictable enough. I suspect I'm also facing the demons I was trying to drown as well. Anyone else having this much fun? It's nice to be clear-headed though, & I feel like I'm achieving something good!

[Pride before Fall]

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Hang on to that last thought, Bloom!

[TJ]

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Well, I'm 42 years old. Married 10 next month but together for 20. Two daughters 13 and 9. Fiber/RF engineer for 14 years. Play hockey (goalie)-explains a little why I'm now a member here. Love Life. I'm 11 weeks sober today,I don't count days because I like to wake up and tell myself that I will get through the day, the moment or the minute. Every Friday is another week for me.

[Amazing Love]

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Hi...it's my first time on here! I am 28, have two beautiful children, married for 6 years but requesting a seperation, have known that I need to put alcohol down for the past year but decided today that it's time to get real.

[Pride before Fall]

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Hi TJ and Amazing L. I'm new too; 9 days without a drink and counting. I'm glad for the company. : )

Pride

[Bandit]

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Hi,

I am a 40 yr old irish female but still feel mentally like i am in my early twenties..that would have been when my drinking escalated..i think it might have been Hippie that said that an addict stays in the time period when they became an addict, and i feel that is so true for me..i really don't think i have moved on much from that time in terms of my own development. I did get married and have kids, kept working but none of it with the level of responsibility that should go with it. I feel like i am only starting to begin my growing up now. Unfortunately i don't look like i did in my early twenties but i still look young. I am about two stone overweight though but i know that is pure booze, as i eat quite well. When i stop drinking the weight falls off dramatically.

I am desperately over serious, shy and insecure, have been known to be moody, and don't make friends easily. I am always worried that people won't like me and when they say they do i don't believe them. I have always had lots of male friends, seem to get on much better with men and no i am not a tart, purely platonic, problem is no-one else seems to see it that way and assume that i am trying to embark on an affair!

I am married to a lovely man who i am suprised has not left me yet. He is the only person (other than MWO!) to whom i have admitted that i am an alcoholic..but i think he still clings to the hope that i will end up some day being a 'normal drinker' and sip my wine at dinner. This is not going to happen.

I am Occupational Psychologist by profession which are very fancy words for a bullshit artist, which is what i feel like most of the time. I just feel like a lot of money is being charged for stuff that is very common sense. I gave up fulltime work in 2007 mainly to look after the kids, but really it was because i was not performing at work due to booze. I do some freelance work now and then and i am also involved in a lot of charity and voluntary work. I would really like to do something different, something i really believe in and feel passionate about but i am not sure what that is. I would love to be a writer but don't feel i'm good enough and lets face it the competition is fierce. I am also training to teach english as i love travel and when the children are older i would like to travel and teaching english could give me an income, i think i am also a good teacher.

I have 2 beautiful kids who people always complement me on, they are really good kids, a girl who is nearly 8 and my boy who is 5. I love them to bits. I have a stepson who is nearly 20 but he doesn't really visit that much. I also have a dog, 4 cats, 2 rabbits & 2 guinea pigs and on the verge of getting a puppy, much to the disgust of some of my neighbours who are not really animal people.

I love reading, movies, cooking, swimming, camping and big into sustainable living, just got an allotment so big learning curve there, i have an irrational fear of wasps but its not that irrational as those stings feckin hurt!

I also have a tendency to go on a bit in case you hadn't noticed:H

[Bandit]

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Hi Eva & nice to meet you!

[RV434]

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I'm 52 battlling with this ugly disease after my wife was diagnosed with breast cancer. I have no family, nobody to turn to other than the "vacation in a bottle" (we have no children). Everyone has given up on me,. Been in and out of rehab/detox so many times I lost count. I could teach the classes at this point.

I hold a Master's degree and somehow get off on putting down speakers in these programs, to the point of bring a few to tears. I'm a twisted disgusting drunk and I'm so sad about it. Absolutely nothing gives me the right to display that behavior toward pelple just trying to help me. I hate the person who I've become.

[Tabbers (a.k.a. KTAB)]

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RV434, you a not loser. It sounds like you have a serious problem with AL just like me. No one choses this affliction, AL is indiscriminate. What we can however is decide to something about it and take our lives back. You are in the right place to do this, if you want it badly enough.
Keep safe
KTAB